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Distances to Major Institutions
Both Franklin and Augusta residences were clustered around social institutions. Franklin had more schools in closer proximity
to residences.
| Distances to Major Institutions |
| Franklin |
No residence is more than 6 miles from a town |
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No residence is more than 3 miles from a school |
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No residences is more than 5 1/2 miles from a church |
| Augusta |
No residence is more than 5 1/2 miles from a town |
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No residence is more than 5 1/2 miles from a school |
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No residence is more than 5 1/2 miles from a church |
The data are based on the GIS of Augusta and Franklin households--maps are derived from a D. H. Davison map of Franklin County,
published in 1858, and a Jedediah Hotchkiss map of Augusta County, published in 1870, and based on surveys completed "during
the war." The maps have been georeferenced at the Virginia Center for Digital History, using ESRI Arc Info to produce a Geographic
Information Systems map and database of households based on U.S. census data from the population, agricultural, and slaveowners'
schedules.
Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Distances to Major Institutions
2001.
Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "Slavery brought not only wealth but also roads, bridges, railroads, canals, and turnpikes to Augusta, in an elaborate display
of building, enterprise, and growth."
"Newspapers in Franklin were little different from those in Augusta, but the orientation of the Repository and Transcript as
the lead Republican paper set the county apart from its neighbors and from those in the South."
"Franklin was slightly more churched than Augusta. Its denominations were more concentrated in the German traditions, but Augusta's
churches were larger and more expensive."
"Franklin and Augusta exhibited different spatial organizations, with a more organized and commercial approach in Franklin
and a settlement in Augusta that followed the contours of soil and land more closely."
Citation: Key = E124
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